Aarti Industries shares tumble 9% as Q2 PAT falls 43% YoY

Shares of Aarti Industries cracked 9.3% to an intraday low of Rs 430.20 on the BSE after the company reported that its profit after tax (PAT) fell by 43% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis to Rs 52 crore for the July-September quarter.

The same stood at Rs 137 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. Meanwhile, on a quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) basis, the figure had declined by 62%.

The revenue from operations was, however, up by 12% YoY to Rs 1,786 crore against Rs 1,597 crore reported in the same quarter of FY24.

Aarti Industries’ EBITDA stood at Rs 202 crore, which was down by 13% YoY and by 35% QoQ.

However, the company’s non-energy business volumes grew by 22% YoY and an uptick was visible across end applications into dyes, pigments, polymer additives. The Agrochemicals segment continued to remain soft.

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Pricing pressure continued to prevail and the energy business volumes were down by 1% YoY. A steep drop in refining margins and gasoline-naphtha delta impacted the volumes in the energy application.

The shares of Aarti Industries have been on a falling spree, declining by 16.4% in the last one year and by 34.4% on a year-to-date basis. The stock has fallen by 36.5% and 42.75% in the last 6 and 3 months respectively.

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